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Author Carlen Maddux
An Influential Journey
A Path Revealed
During my drive across the country, I read an advance reader’s copy of Carlen Maddux’s A Path Revealed: How Hope, Love and Joy Found Us Deep in a Maze Called Alzheimer’s.
Carlen’s wife, Martha, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease when she was only fifty years old. Fifty years old! I’m 45, almost 46, and I always thought Alzheimer’s was for the elderly, not someone turning fifty. Continue reading
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Guess What I Found?
A happy ending
Can you believe it? A month after moving to Ithaca, New York, and sending multiple emails followed up by calls, I got the good news that the moving company had my missing-in-action, gigantic sectional sofa. Continue reading
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It Helps To Have A Sense Of Humor
Laughter is the best policy
I’ve learned a few things about moving over the past four years. I know that anything can get lost during a move, even a four-piece gigantic sectional sofa, and I can tell you the worst part of moving isn’t packing and unpacking, it’s going to the DMV and getting a new driver’s license and vehicle registration. Continue reading
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I’m Back & Ready to Write
I’ve missed you
We’ve successfully made it to Ithaca, New York, and have unpacked far too many belongings. Somehow the movers lost our couch and oversized chair, but the gazillion boxes of stuff we don’t really need made it just fine. Continue reading
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What Makes You Laugh?
Laughter is the best medicine
In today’s world, it’s easy to forget to take a laughter-break.
Here are a few of my favorite cartoons. I hope they inspire a few chuckles. Continue reading
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I’ve Made A Decision
Proactive steps
Hi Everyone,
With tragic murders happening on both sides of the law, I’ve been asking myself, What can I do to be a person of change in an influential and productive way? I read Amanda Toler Woodward’s newsletter, “Speaking of ‘isms. It’s racism, people.“ and knew I couldn’t keeping thinking about what to do. I actually needed to do something. Continue reading
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An Inspiring Young Woman
Introducing a winner
Last week I introduced you to Karen, one of the two recipients of the 2016 Tiger Drive Scholarship. And now I’d like to introduce you to Viansa. Be prepared to be inspired by her loyalty, hard work, and commitment to her education. Continue reading
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Our Winners
And the winner is…
Thanks to the generous donations made by friends and strangers, we were able to award two students with a Tiger Drive Scholarship for this upcoming school year, and I am excited to introduce you to both recipients this week and next.
I’d like to start with Karen. Continue reading
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What Makes You Laugh?
When a writer goes to the pharmacy
Dear Friend,
This actually happened to me last week so I thought I’d share the experience with you.
If you have a funny story to share, let me know. I love to hear from you.
Happy laughing and as always, thanks for being you.
Teri
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An Update On My Writing Life
I want to be a published author
I recently enrolled in a writing course with Author Accelerator called Story Genius to help develop my new book, In the Doghouse. I’m half way through the course, and I will definitely be applying what I’ve learned to all of my future projects. I recommend it to anyone who has an idea for a book, is having a hard time starting, and is serious about writing.* For me, the strongest component of this course is understanding why my characters feel, think, and act the way they do.
Story Genius proposes that every person–and therefore, character–has a long standing desire and a misbelief (a subjective belief about his/her life and world) that eventually stands in the way of obtaining the desire. Naturally, I decided to make myself crazy by turning a writing course into an opportunity to psychoanalyze my life and identify my own desire and misbelief to see where I might be a self-sabotager. Continue reading